2 Oct 2013 in National Assembly:
After me, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker.
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2 Oct 2013 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to support this Motion and also thank the Mover, hon. Bett, for bringing it. When you look at Kenya, 70 per cent of the land mass is occupied by pastoralists. The mainstay of pastoralists is livestock keeping. They produce a lot of milk and beef. For a very long time this subsector has been given a raw deal by the Government. I hope that the Jubilee administration will look into livestock farming, if it is, indeed, serious that it wants to improve the economy of this country. This will enable us produce a lot ...
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2 Oct 2013 in National Assembly:
Thank you very much, hon. Deputy Speaker. I am on a point of order. I have no problem with the name of James Maina Muhoro but I have a problem with the Motion. The Motion is defective. This is because when you heard the Chairperson of the Committee moving the Motion, he was referring to ex-officio members of the Commission who are people who have already left those positions. Mr. Kinyua is no longer the Treasury Secretary; Njuki Mwaniki has already retired; Njee Muturi is now there and Ndambuki is a retired person. So, instead of bringing one name, the ...
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2 Oct 2013 in National Assembly:
Point number two which is very fundamental, and we do not know what this Committee was doing, is that when you look at the members of this Commission, it is bloated. When you look at the membership of that Commission, it is composed of 12 members and 50 per cent are from one ethnic group.
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2 Oct 2013 in National Assembly:
Hon. Deputy Speaker, I think this is Kenya and we should actually be a House which manages the diversity of this nation. So, in my view, my point of order is that: Should we adopt this report? It is a defective report and I would like the House to withdraw it and then the Committee goes and brings proper recommendations.
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2 Oct 2013 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker.
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26 Sep 2013 in National Assembly:
Yes, hon. Deputy Speaker. I think the hon. Member has a very valid concern, but he has not come out quite clearly on what he wants the Chair of the Committee to tell him. Which are these districts which are excluded? This is because you cannot just ask for a Statement and this recruitment is starting on 30th. I am aware that all district headquarters are recruitment centres. He should tell the House which districts are omitted.
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26 Sep 2013 in National Assembly:
Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. Military recruitment is not based on constituencies, but on divisions. The military bases the recruitment exercise on all the gazetted districts. There is no way the military will base its recruitment on the new districts which are now constituencies but have not been gazetted. So, the hon. Member should not waste his time requesting the military to consider that.
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